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    ISPF Edit highlighting for ACS routines

    The ISPF editor should be enhanced to support highlighting for ACS routines.
    over 4 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 2 Planned for future release

    ISPF Edit highlighting for R

    The ISPF editor should be enhanced to support highlighting for the R language.
    almost 4 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 2 Planned for future release

    RMM catsynch verify error listing

    PGM=EDGHSKP,PARM='CATSYNCH,VERIFY' takes a SVC dump.Unfortunately, you have to find out why!The cause seem to be orphaned "rename in Progress" data sets.RMM message data set contains Information:EDG2237E CATALOG SEARCH INTERFACE REQUEST FAILED RET...
    over 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 1 Planned for future release

    BLDL to PDSE need to return RC=08 at I/O error instead of ABEND212

    PDSE data sets are used in IMS Online environment and issue BLDL, FINE, READ, CHECK macros.DCB specify SYNAD exit and ABEND Exit. But BLDL to PDSE issues ABEND212 with DFS909I 212-00 instead of RC=08 at I/O error. When we used standard PDS, it ret...
    over 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Access Methods Non-Vsam 4 Planned for future release

    Allow reuse for VSAM file opened in RLS mode

    To be able to use REPRO with the REUSE option against a VSAM file that is opened in RLS mode
    over 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS 1 Planned for future release

    change HWI_STPCONFIG to return the External Timing Source Address as well.

    We are required to provide evidence on a regular basis that the Mainframe is configured to use NTP timing. We want to automate the data collection for auditors. We use BCPii to pull back a lot of information about our systems, but while the HWI_ST...
    over 3 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 0 Planned for future release

    System Recovery Boost Enhancements

    z15 machines have the option of using System Recovery Boost. When an LPAR is starting up from an IPL the Boost activates automatically and can bring online zIIP engines that were offline. These additional engines are identified as transient engine...
    over 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_General 3 Planned for future release

    Add a last login timestamp attribute for z/OS LDAP.

    The z/OS LDAP server would be greatly enhanced by including a password policy operational attribute called pwdLastLogin which contains a dated timestamp of the last time an entry has logged in to the server.
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / LDAP 0 Planned for future release

    Support Element BCPii should notify the operating system when the CPC is put into and out of SERVICE mode

    The BCPii in the z16 processor was enhanced to notify the operating system that the SE is unavailable when it is rebooting and when it is back online and available to be used. Use case was so that Operations didn't have to manually suspend BCPii v...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 0 Planned for future release

    HMC Security requires pattern matching to support our DevOps model

    We need to give appropriate permission to our Linux LPARs to our DevOps community, we have dozens of different use cases with their own DevOps team. Separation of duty is critical, and elevated authority (such as PoR, STP/CTN etc) must be able to ...
    over 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 0 Planned for future release

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